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Bill Status Hotline Opens January 11

Jan 4

posted by TexasLRL in LRL news

The Legislative Reference Library will open the bill status hotline on Tuesday, January 11, at 12:00 noon for the 82nd legislative session.
 
The toll-free telephone service is a resource for the citizens of Texas to obtain information about the status of pending bills and resolutions, committee schedules and hearings, elected officials and their contact information, the legislative process, and online legislative resources.  The service will be available through the end of session, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with extended hours when either chamber is in session. Texans may reach the hotline by calling:
 
   877-824-7038    (toll-free in Texas)      or       512-463-2182    (in Austin or outside of Texas)

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New Interim Reports

Dec 16

posted by TexasLRL in Interim reports, LRL news

Between legislative sessions, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House assign charges to committees, directing the committees to conduct in-depth studies of significant issues, to review the effectiveness of new legislation, and to develop legislative proposals for the next session.  The interim reports produced by the committees are now arriving in the library. 

The library has received reports from the following committees:

Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce
Senate Committee on Education
Senate Committee on Government Organization
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
Senate Committee on Higher Education
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and Military Installations
Joint Committee on Aging
Joint Committee on Dyslexia and Related Disorders

Looking for an older interim report?  The LRL's Legislative Reports database contains interim committee charges, reports, and other substantive legislative studies published in the House and Senate Journals back to 1846. You may search by committee list, committee name, charge text, or subject.

This entry was posted on December 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM and has received 1899 views. Print this entry.

Texas Legislators: Past & Present featured in NCSL Webinar

Dec 2

posted by TexasLRL in LRL news

The LRL's Texas Legislators: Past & Present database was recently featured in a webinar presented by the National Conference of State Legislatures' Research Librarians Staff Section.

The webinar focused on legislative member database projects in Texas and Minnesota. Speakers Melanie Harshman, Administrative Librarian for the Legislative Reference Library of Texas, and Elizabeth Lincoln, Deputy Director of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, offered ideas for how to begin collecting information for a database, where to find useful sources, and how to deal with challenges along the way.  

The archived presentation is available here.

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Welcome to our New Site!

Nov 29

posted by TexasLRL in LRL news

Welcome to the redesigned LRL website!

During the redesign process, we have focused on making the site easier to use. New search and navigation options include:

  • More informative menu categories
  • Drop down menus to show the major sections in each category
  • Menus on the left side of each second-level page which contain links to other pages within each category
  • The ability to search Legislative Archive System and the Library catalog from the home page
We've also added some new content.  New features include:

This entry was posted on November 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM and has received 1104 views. Print this entry.

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